So first, the ignominious statistics.

The People’s Party, since it became the now-dissolved Move Forward Party’s (MFP) successor party, has now contested three elections: local elections in Phitsanulok and Ratchaburi and the Constituency 1 by-election also in Phitsanulok.

In the election for Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) chairman in Phitsanulok, the People’s Party (PP) candidate Siripan Prajak-ubon came over 100,000 votes behind former chairman Monchai Wiwatthanat.

As for the PAO election in Ratchaburi, the PP candidate Chairath Sakissarapong was defeated by the incumbent, independent candidate Wiwat Nitikanchana, by a margin of almost 70,000 votes. 

And the latest by-elections on Sunday September 15^th for the member of parliament (MP) seat, in Phitsanulok, Nathachanon Chanaburanasak from the PP was defeated by Pheu Thai Party’s (PTP) Jadet Jantar by around 7,000 votes. 

Certainly, not an ideal start to the season for this new team. But while all three have been defeats, they tell different stories for the state of the People’s Party and the Thai political landscape at large.

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